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Revelation COASTAL VILLAGE.
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After buying it sight unseen in a WESTERN CAPE this home's owner not only effected an EXTENSIVE REFURBISHIMENT but also found herself PERSONALLY TRANSFORMED by living here.
"I thought I was a city girl - until I spent lockdown in Scarborough," says South African film director Nicole Ackermann. That this small coastal village just outside Cape Point Nature Reserve in Cape Town is now her home was as much a surprise to her as it was to her family and friends. A place of wild winds and brutally cold water, its untamed beauty is not for everyone - yet it struck a chord with the globe-trotting Nicole the moment she arrived. "My time here changed my outlook and values significantly. Up until then, I was more outwardly seeking for inspiration; now I realise the value of looking inwards more."
When the world returned to "normal", Nicole found herself back in Los Angeles for work, but regularly trawling property websites in the hopes of finding a home in Scarborough. "It was quite a revelation that, although living here wasn't necessarily what I had envisaged for myself, it was what I desperately craved." So when this house came up for sale, her family were sent to check it out. "I remember my sister sending me a video that she took outside the back kitchen door," says Nicole with a smile. "Hearing the cicadas and the sound of the ocean made me incredibly emotional; it was like a homecoming. Just like that, it was a done deal - I literally bought it unseen."
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